Improvised Potato Soup with Green Beans

Ingredients

1/2 cup diced onion
1 tbsp crushed garlic
(both frozen)
1 tbsp canola oil

2 small potatoes
a fistful green string beans
2 tbsp pearl barley
2 cups boiling water

2/3 tsp dried powdered parsley
2/3 tsp dried powdered dill
salt & pepper to taste

Directions

* Fry onion & garlic in oil on low-medium flame until onion is clear
* Add boiling water
* Increase flame to high and add potatoes, beans and barley
* Decrease flame to low and add seasoning
* Cover and cook until potatoes are soft when pierced with a fork and barley doesn't crunch when bitten

* Subject to additions and alterations as I improve the recipe.